> On Apr 26, 2024, at 1:53 PM, Brian Lalor <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> There’s a plugin that adds processing for an effective_date field. Maybe part
> of Reds’ suite? I use this extensively. Maybe worth exploring and adding
> explicit support for?
Hi Brian,
Thanks for sharing this! I wasn't aware of this plugin. Are you referring to
this one
(https://github.com/redstreet/beancount_reds_plugins/tree/main/beancount_reds_plugins/effective_date#readme)?
Beanpost already supports importing and exporting metadata, so it wouldn’t be
hard to implement this syntax.
However, unlike Beancount, Beanpost doesn't require transactions to occur at a
specific point in time. This can lead to a situation where money "disappears"
from your assets while "in transit" between accounts. While this is somewhat
closer to reality, it might not always be what you want. In this case, you
could create manual holding transactions, like in the example.
Beanpost doesn't have "plugins” yet to do things like this automatically, but
it's something to consider for the future.
To be honest, I didn't think much about allowing postings to have their own
dates when I implemented it. This change could be undone if it causes more
confusion or problems than it solves, but I have seen this feature requested
for Beancount a few times.
Best regards,
Ben
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